Tires Makin' a rice tire user friendly

[64f100]

The side pic is a little dark, but I think you get the idea. I used a general purpose blade with a milwaukee 18v saws all. I cut about 3-4 lugs and I put a farm jack under one axel and raised the wheel enough to spin by hand. I turned the wheel until 4 more lugs were in a good cutting position and lowered the jack a couple of notches to steady the wheel and so on and so on. It sounds like a lot of trouble but it really went quick. I actually made 2 cuts per lug.

 

[phatgemi]

Looks like you did a real nice job on those. One question? How come you haven't reversed your wheels for a bit wider stance.

 

[64f100]

Looks like you did a real nice job on those. One question? How come you haven't reversed your wheels for a bit wider stance.

When I bought the tractor the wheels were set to the wider stance and I used them that way for about 2 years. As I began clearing the wooded areas and was required to move around through the trees, I turned the wheels around and made a more narrow stance. I prefer the wide stance, but for now I like the clearance in the trees. No hills here so thats not even a worry.

 

[BTDT]

That's a pretty neat solution there. Aside from it tearing up your yard before the "plastic surgery", did it ride funny on pavement. Seems like with all that lug sticking up it would ride like tire was low on air, but maybe not.

 

[roxynoodle]

My experience has been that rice tires drive better anywhere but pavement.

 

[64f100]

That's a pretty neat solution there. Aside from it tearing up your yard before the "plastic surgery", did it ride funny on pavement. Seems like with all that lug sticking up it would ride like tire was low on air, but maybe not.

I cannot feel any difference in the ride. I did take it on pavement to see what the real "ride" was like and it was as smooth as it was before. Normally, I never use it on pavement. For me it has been one of the best things I have done with/to the tractor.... I do think that if someone is going to cut the lugs they must commit to cutting all lugs before riding. If someone cut about a third of one tire or only one tire and not the other there would probably be a bump in the ride.

 

[gt14]

Does anyone know of a cheap source for Turf tractor tires? My brother gets racing car tires for free to make his go cart track barrier.

 

[Eddie]

Does anyone know of a cheap source for Turf tractor tires?

Didn't know there was any such thing as cheap Turf Tires

 

[Michealfj]

gt14,

I won a set of 9.5 X 24 turf tires on ebay. They came from VN Tractors in Texas. They were $273.00, shipping included. If you would like more info. you can pm me.